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I was torn between pick and so-so. This is my 2nd read and my kids love it, but reading it out loud sucks. I love Roald Dahl and usually love his made up words but the giant only speaks in them. So my kids stop me from reading to discuss what does he mean? Eventually I just read the words he was intending to say so we could get into the story and just said some like phizzwizard. Listen to episode anywhere you get podcasts. Spotify link below.

“What I say and what I do is two different things.”

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The BFG is a story about Sophie, a young orphan girl who is taken from her bed one night by a giant (the Big Friendly Giant). At first, she is afraid he might eat her, but the BFG does not eat humans. Sophie and the BFG become great friends as he keeps her hidden from the other giants and even takes her dream catching. When they hear that the other giants are headed to England to eat more little children, they come up with a plan to stop them.

Day 2 of #scarathlondailyprompts
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#BFG
Fav genre🐉⚔, because how can you not like dragons,I have to pic cover art to catch my eye

Check out Lia‘s review of The BFG on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday. https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday I have also read this book to my children and they absolutely love it!

I haven't done much reading today bc my covid booster has made me tired/feel a little under the weather BUT today's film is The BFG - an old favourite😊

#TheWinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

🎶Mr Sandman, bring me a dream🎶

1. The scene of making dreams and nightmares has stuck with me since I first read it as a kid.
2. I once wrote a story about an urban explorer in an abandoned hotel. I gave myself nightmares for a month of something following me that I couldn‘t see but could always hear.
3. I hate it. 😂 It could be used well, I‘m sure, but it always feels like a cop out to me.

#SundayFunday Have a nightmarish day and tag me!

We‘re participating in a summer reading book bingo from our local indie. The boys marked the boxes for making a blanket fort - and reading in it - this morning! ✅

#raisingreaders

Love this although we are currently watching The BFG haha we read the books for reading time and bed time. Who else loves Roald Dahl? 👩‍👧‍👦❤📚 happy reading everyone

This is the first read for the Roald Dahl bookclub with my nephews. They are loving it and I love that the older one now is catching good dreams for his younger brother. Like all Roal Dahl's books I love the puns, but I can't help feeling that the BFG wasn't as big or as friendly with the other giants; as he explains giants are not as different from humans after all;we eat piggy-wig every day even though they never do any harm to human beans.

A re-read, it was to be the class read for my child next week. I suppose I should read it before I teach it 🤣, good job I‘m a bookworm. #roalddahl #theBFG

Holy snozzcumbers we‘re finally talking about The BFG on my podcast! Christina Hammonds Reed — NYT-bestselling author of The Black Kids — joins me to discuss this wacky, beloved Roald Dahl book, published in 1982. We chat about the good, the bad, the dreamy, and the problematic! ✨ Link to listen in bio.

#3boojs I‘ve reread

During this challenge I‘ve already highlighted many of the book I habitually reread, so today I‘m highlighting books I loved as a kid and then reread with my kid. #iheartroalddahl

Watching BFG with my kids and @TheWolfbehindTheEyes love family time. Brings back childhood memories with my sister @CymbaX13 📖👑🐁🔮🛏️ will have to reread it to my kids as they love the films ❤️📚🙃

I don‘t believe I ever read this as a kid, though I loved Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. I read it for a reading challenge prompt for book with made up words in it. The BFG has a real way with words, made up or not. Am I right or left?

Frobscottle is definitely an #effervescent drink! #beautifulwords

@Blaire as my next childhood favourite I'm going to read this. Me and my sister @CymbaX13 grew up loving this film and brought us much joy together, just what I need for my next cheer up read. Got to love this big friendly giant. Happy reading all 📖❤️📚

This was a sweet and cute story. I loved the language used by the BFG.
And with this book I also finished my April #triplespin and now I need to wait for a new round in June.
TBR since October 2014, 208 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks

Saturday chores: laundry edition
#audiobook

Listening to The BFG on audio is a different experience altogether. 😍Makes me take a longer walking route.
Happy to see the tiny yellow flowers sprouting along the sidewalk. 🌼💛🌼

Two rights don‘t equal a left.

Wiz-poppers , dream-catching, The Queen of England and a Big Friendly Giant was a delightful way to spend a few hours this morning. An enchanting audio,as suggested by my fabulous friend & #bookseller @KarenUK for #PoP20 #MadeUpLanguage #ReadWithMrBook 🎧💜For all my friends who have little Littens, I suggest you listen to this audio with them. It‘ll bring giggles and snorts of laughter 😁❣️Hilarious sound effects and brilliant narration.

Quarantine reading. Love reading with my 6 yo. I can‘t wait until my 4 yo can sit through a chapter book.

Hello fellow Littens! I hope everyone is safe and managing to deal with this Corona Crisis 🤗 it looks as if the Museum I am working for will reduce costs by eliminating one of the highest expenses: me. It‘s not through yet but I am certain that I will soon be unemployed. This sucks but I‘m sure on the long run it‘s for the best. I hope your bosses are finding better ways to deal with the crisis!

Now to some light reading to cheer me up.

#madeuplanguage #pop2020
Well that audiobook was completely delightful. What a wonderful throwback to my childhood. My mum was a lovely ‘out-loud‘ reader, and actor/comedian/children‘s author David Walliams reminded me so much of the magical experience of being read to as a little ‘un. I love Dahl‘s icky, silly stories that sneak in some mirror to our humanity. I felt like my 6yr old self again. A story of dreams and friendship. 4hrs well spent💕

#weeklyforecast
Currently reading....
- hoping to finish up Trust Exercise
- just started an audio of BFG for #pop2020 #madeuplanguage

Next up....
- a little poetry for #thinkpink #booked2020 and #onlywordsonthecover for #pop2020
- My #bookspin pick 😊👍

@rachelsbrittain #weekendreads

1. Alias Grace and Brown Girl Dreaming
2. poledance, aerial hoop and drawing
3. The BFG😊

A few characters I consider charismatic: BFG, Scarlett O‘Hara, Holden Caulfield, Atticus Finch

#charismaticcharacter

#auldlangreads

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

Finished my first #authoramonth title a few days ago but haven't taken time to post. This was my first time reading this one. It was cute, not a favorite Dahl, but enjoyable.

@Soubhiville

This book was a little disturbing with all the man eating giants and even the bfg was rather creepy. It's main redeeming factor was the the man doing the audio sounded a bit like Hagrid when he did the bfg's voice.
#AuthoraMonth @Soubhiville
#WinterGames #SlayBells #TBRRead
@Clwojick @StayCurious @MidnightBookGirl

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This is a cute and whimsical story, well-suited for imaginative middle graders. I love Roald Dahl's creative wording in the BFG's speech. It adds both a layer of complexity and a layer of entertainment to the tale. It was an enjoyable and quick read.

The BFG is a fantasy novel that has been one of my favorite books since my childhood. In this novel written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, an orphan named Sophie meets a Big Friendly Giant (BFG) and learns all about the life of giants And their crazy vocabulary. This book won Germany‘s only state-funded literacy award, the “Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis”.
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#BFCr3 @wanderinglynn

Sophie was ‘abducted‘ by a friendly giant called The BFG and taken to the land of giants where there‘re other bloodthirsty giants who hunt and eat #human beans (beings). Sophie and the BFG formed a close friendship and embarked on a mission to stop the giants from eating people. A great story that touches on loneliness and relationship. Book and movie are good.
#ayupaugust

“Am I right or left?” Asked the BFG.

Received an Acceptable in History of Magic.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2019 #magicalreadathon2019 #newtsreadathon2019

Today‘s goals:

1. Finish The BFG by Roald Dahl

2. Get to the halfway point in The Little Guides: Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises

#newtsreadathon2019 #beatthebacklist2019

Human beans.

Reading with my buddy Eve.

More reading rush material adaptations!! Seriously who doesnt love this book!! 17/18 #BFC #bfcr2 #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn @julesG @LibrarianJen @laurenslibrary @Moony @CocoReads @britt_brooke @Reecaspieces

This is the cutest story of a giant and orphan, its a heart worming book for all ages that I suggest to everyone.

None of my audiobook holds were available so I decided to try this classic. I had never read Dahl before. I truly enjoyed it. I'm so glad I listened to it because of the Giants made up words it made it funnier